Expect more gaming mergers and acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions have been a hot topic in gaming for a few years, but it’s become a nuclear center of attention following Microsoft’s...
The DeanBeat: The dawn of a new generation
The pandemic has interrupted our lives. I sincerely hope that you are all well. During this time, it seems like a small thing that...
How Zynga looks for the right game companies to acquire
When Zynga sold its San Francisco headquarters for $600 million in May, the social mobile game company received a lot of fresh gunpower for...
The branding game: It’s about savvy partnerships and communication, not ‘brand slaps’
It wasn’t long ago that mobile game companies could easily get a license to make branded games featuring movie or cartoon characters. But brand...
Kabam’s Chris Petrovic to discuss how to integrate brands and games
Chris Petrovic, senior vice president and head of corporate development and licensing at Kabam, chatted with GamesBeat recently about some of the major misconceptions about brand integration in the mobile space.
Lionsgate exec: 'We're looking at our games business as the third leg of the stool'
By building on the success of titles based on its franchises, like The Hunger Games, Lionsgate intends to go much deeper into the game business.
Check out three more exciting speakers coming to GamesBeat 2014
Dan Connors of Telltale Games, Mike Frazzini of Amazon, and Chris Petrovic of Kabam will speak at GamesBeat 2014, taking place Sept. 15 and Sept. 16.
Kabam adds former GameStop veteran as its new acquisition chief
Kabam is on an acquisition binge, and it has brought aboard an M&A veteran: Chris Petrovic.
Who will win the game platform war?
We gathered reactions to the console announcements from leading industry figures.
The DeanBeat: Neurogaming is a nascent market fueled by brain games and sensors
NeuroGaming makes for great science fiction and fascinating R&D, but is it a commercially viable category yet?